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Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools CTP Refresh

Apr. 29, 2010 Paul Thurrott | Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows

Some great news from Microsoft:

Microsoft today released a refresh of the Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP announced at the MIX conference in March. Already, this early tools preview has attracted more than 125,000 developers and designers from countries around the world.

With today’s Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP refresh, developers and designers can now build Windows Phone 7 apps on the final release of Visual Studio 2010.  The CTP refresh also updates the Windows Phone 7 OS image in the Windows Phone Emulator, updates APIs, updates documentation with new and expanded topics and addresses earlier discrepancies.

If you would like to see more information on the Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP refresh, check out Charlie Kindles’ blog post, Windows Phone Developer Tools CTP Refresh, where he outlines the updates and includes helpful tips for developers installing the new tools.

The refresh is available now and can be found at http://developer.windowsphone.com.

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Waethorn
on Apr 29, 2010

Any info on whether or not the OS image has all features/built-in apps enabled?

Something that hasn't been said is whether Microsoft will allow Office developers to develop extensibility options for the bundled version of Office/Sharepoint Mobile.  I could see a market for those kinds of apps if the current version of WP7 is accepted by businesses.

If this is going to be Microsoft's push into the consumer market, where does that leave the proposed (possibly OEM-skinnable) business version of WP7/WinCE.Net in respect to app development?

wlow3
on Apr 29, 2010

Well, I suppose it's somewhat hopeful that something is moving forward considering HP has now withdrawn the slate device Balmer had showed off and Microsoft has canceled the only really exciting product idea they've had in years:

"According to sources familiar with the matter, Microsoft has cancelled Courier, the folding, two-screen prototype tablet that was first uncovered by Gizmodo," Joel Johnson reports for Gizmodo.

And so it looks like Apple now owns yet another product category.

Waethorn
on Apr 29, 2010
"HP has now withdrawn the slate device Balmer had showed off" Proof please!
Mark KB
on Apr 29, 2010
Um... since when did HP withdraw the slate?
wlow3
on Apr 29, 2010

Hewlett-Packard has killed off it’s much ballyhooed Windows 7 tablet computer, says a source who’s been briefed on the matter.

The device was first unveiled by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer at CES 2010 in January and was supposed to hit the market in mid 2010. But our source tells us that HP is not satisfied with Windows 7 as a tablet operating system and has terminated the project (something CrunchGear mentioned months ago).

HP may also be abandoning Intel-based hardware for it’s slate lineup simply because it’s too power hungry. That would also rule out Windows 7 as an operating system.

techcrunch.com/.../hewlett-packard-to-kill-windows-7-tablet-project

whiplash55
on Apr 30, 2010

I see MS is doing all the right things to get developers on board this platform. Palm did the opposite and ended up being sold.

If they kill the Win7 tablet, I can see them using the WebOS as a replacement. I can also see the Windows Phone 7 as a great tablet OS. I think starting with a mobile OS for a small device makes sense.

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